News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
Browsing: Editor’s Choice
WCC 2014: Current status and future direction of cervical screening and HPV vaccination in Australia
Expert Review by Jessica Darlington-Brown, UNSW Australia. Jessica Darlington Brown provides Oncology News Australia with in-depth coverage…
WCC 2014: Tobacco Reform – The Next Step For Tobacco Control
Expert Review by Dr Eleonora Feletto. Tobacco is the number one cause of preventable illness and…
Oral inhibitor shows clinical activity in poor-prognosis AML
An oral targeted drug has shown encouraging activity and tolerable side effects in patients with…
Older breast cancer patients still get radiation despite limited benefit
US women over the age of 70 who have certain early-stage breast cancers overwhelmingly receive…
Draft guidelines aim to end prostate cancer test confusion
By Fron Jackson-Webb, The Conversation. Healthy men aged 50 to 69 years who request a…
New lung cancer drug ‘more effective’ than chemo
A new drug crizotinib may be more beneficial than chemotherapy for some lung cancer patients, according…
COSA 2014: A Psycho-oncology Update by Dr Haryana Dhillon
By Dr Haryana Dhillon – University of Sydney for oncologynews.com.au The psychosocial and supportive care…
Global Cancer Community Unites on Tobacco Control
CEOs of leading cancer organisations stand together in the fight to reduce tobacco-related death across…
IARC/WHO announces a new Regional Hub in the Pacific Islands
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the specialised cancer agency of the World…
Cancer: getting to the fat of the issue
By Alessandro R Demaio, Harvard University. As the global cancer community convenes this week in…